I'd probably rather have a screwdriver too but can't justify it when what I have works fine and since it gets smacked into trees daily (you should see my driveway) if it gets broken I am out $15....
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Re: 102" whip spring or no spring
I'd probably rather have a screwdriver too but can't justify it when what I have works fine and since it gets smacked into trees daily (you should see my driveway) if it gets broken I am out $15....
Re: 102" whip spring or no spring
HF mobile is fun.
Re: 102" whip spring or no spring
For the record a 102" whip with no spring tunes right around 29.7Mhz.
Re: 102" whip spring or no spring
Not a bad price either. Let me know how it works out, I may go this route.
Re: 102" whip spring or no spring
Found it. Ok, maybe not alll the way back but much faster and it probably would have been.
http://www.xjtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5512&d=1402178537
Re: 102" whip spring or no spring
Somewhere Tony (Mudderoy) has a picture someone took of his Jeep going down the highway with his 102" stainless steel whip laid all the way back looking more like an NVIS antenna than a vertical.
Re: 102" whip spring or no spring
The antenna itself has enough flex to it that the spring itself probably isn't necessary, however the antenna is 102" where a 1/4 wavelength on 11 meters is 108" so the spring actually makes up the...